[Critical Outcome and Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy - A quality Assurance Issue].

Unlabelled: The study evaluates the predictive value of the critical status of a newborn as to the risk of developing hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE).

Methods: On the basis of the data set from the perinatal survey in Hesse, Germany, in the year 2016, including 52,122 live births (singleton, 37+0 GA), cases of critical newborns were identified. A conjoined analysis with the data set of the neonatal survey from the identical period provided the basis to evaluate the relationship to cases compromised by HIE.

Morbidity in Newborns Readmitted Into a Hospital After Discharge From a Maternity Unit During the First 28 Days of Their Lives - Results From the Rhine-Main Area, Germany.

Background: The neonatal period can be associated with a multitude of medical and social problems. Little is known about the reasons that lead to neonatal readmissions in a pediatric hospital and their individual outcomes.

Objective: To record the diagnosis of neonatal admissions in a pediatric hospital after discharge from a maternity unit.

Mucormycosis in paediatric patients: demographics, risk factors and outcome of 12 contemporary cases.

Mucormycosis is associated with high morbidity and mortality and is perceived as an emerging fungal infection. However, contemporary paediatric data are limited. We present a series of paediatric cases of mucormycosis reported from Germany and Austria collected within a voluntary epidemiological survey through standardised, anonymized case report forms.

A new type of transfusion-dependent congenital dyserythropoietic anemia.

Cases of congenital dyserythropoietic anemia (CDA) that do not conform to any of the three classical types often present diagnostic difficulties and are at risk of developing secondary hemochromatosis. Here, we report a case of a six year old boy with transfusion dependency and gross abnormalities of the erythroblasts.

Head size and motor performance in children born prematurely.

Purpose: The objective of this study was to determine the relationship between head circumference (HC) and motor performance in 6- to 12-yr-old children born prematurely (PRE: birthweight < or = 1500 g, gestational age < or = 32 wk) and in children born at term (CON).

Methods: Thirty-three PRE and 21 CON without an apparent neurological deficit participated in this study. HC was measured on the day of testing and was rated as small HC (SHC, HC more than 1 SD below the 50th percentile of reference data) or as normal HC (NHC).